Lydia has been involved in the industry for about three years now. She got her start just after leaving school, desperate to avoid the prospect of being homeless at the age of 18. “I have the sad story,” she says, with an awkward laugh. “Whereas most people have really average entri...
Two things are well known about Powell and Pressburger’s 1943 epic about the life of an old-fashioned ex-army officer serving in the Home Guard during World War II: Churchill disliked the whole idea of it, and may have thought it was about him, and the Blimp character, over-fed and ...
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February 1, 2024 •A major new exhibition on life as a Roman legionary opens at the British Museum today.Legion: Life in the Roman armyshares stories of real legionaries and shows how the army was as much an “engine of social change” as it was a war machine. More than 200 objects...
“have-nots”. At Newman, 43 per cent of pupils are eligible for free school meals, compared with a national average of 24 per cent. In a low-wage economy, however, free meals are only a superficial proxy for poverty. Children generally only get them if their household is already ...
Conversely, fuel duty remains frozen, and discounted. Rachel Reeves may be the first female chancellor, but she is just the latest to blink first when confronted by the motoring lobby. More from Money Money blog: Soldier reveals financial benefits of army - including pe...
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Two things are well known about Powell and Pressburger’s 1943 epic about the life of an old-fashioned ex-army officer serving in the Home Guard during World War II: Churchill disliked the whole idea of it, and may have thought it was about him, and the Blimp character, over-fed and ...